[NSRCA-discussion] Hobby King Arcus F3A Biplane

[J N Hiller]

I had the same experience.
Jim

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Stuart Chale
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:26 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobby King Arcus F3A Biplane

Interesting I clicked on the link to look at the plane and left my browser
there.  A few minutes later a pop up with a one time offer of $122.25
instead of 131.66 showed up so if you want to buy something from HobbyKing
you may want to try to leave your browser on it for a while :)
On 3/18/2014 9:09 AM, Jon Lowe wrote:
I got one this past week.  Yeah shipping was ridiculous.  But the plane is
very nice.  Well packed and protected.  Easy to put together, took about 45
minutes.  Even comes with an exact Chinese copy of an APC prop.  Only way to
tell it's fake is it has a China hobby name on the hub instead of APC.

The think I like about this is that the control surfaces are pattern sized,
not 3D sized.  I haven't hooked up a receiver yet, so don't know how good
the servos are.  But Solar digitals in this size are about $7 apiece, and
they have very good resolution.

I have a couple of 2200 3s packs I will try, and I ordered a couple of 4s
packs.  The manual says 3s, but the HK page says 3s or 4s.  Battery
compartment seems adequate for light 4s packs.

No instructions for the ESC.  They do tell you how to turn off the brake
should you turn it on, but nothing about setting end points, etc.  It isn't
labeled with a HK sticker, so I don't know what it is.  Guess I'll do some
online searching.

Looking forward to flying it,  but weather and the F3P Team Trial this
weekend are conspiring against me.
Jon
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From: Robert L. Beaubien <rob at koolsoft.com> <mailto:rob at koolsoft.com>
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Sent: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 1:49 am
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobby King Arcus F3A Biplane
I just went to order one.  Did you actually pay the $76+ shipping on the
plane out of China, or did you get it from a different warehouse?  I think I
’ll wait for it to be available in a US warehouse.

-           Robert Beaubien
-           Sr. Software Architect
-           Kool Software LLC

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<mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org?> ] On Behalf Of Matthew
Finley
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:58 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobby King Arcus F3A Biplane

I ordered one to play with yesterday. My guess is the servos may need
replaced due to poor centering, but it's a pretty cool plane to mess around
with after a pattern meet in the evenings.


Matthew E. Finley

Key-Note Piano Tuning and Service
(614)272-2604 Business
(614)557-3846 Cell
Key_note_piano at yahoo.com <mailto:Key_note_piano at yahoo.com>


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From: rob at koolsoft.com <mailto:rob at koolsoft.com>
To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:42:44 +0000
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Hobby King Arcus F3A Biplane
Does anyone have any experience with one of these?  Thinking of adding it to
my collection.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__51280__Arcus_F3A_Aerobatic_Biplan
e_EPO_1000mm_PNF_.html



-           Robert Beaubien
-           Sr. Software Architect
-           Kool Software LLC

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of electrons were terribly inconvenienced."


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